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...four tickets that filed for candidacy in the upcoming Undergraduate Council presidential elections by last Wednesday’s deadline, only three remain. Michael J. Laures ’09, who had planned to make a bid for the UC’s top spot, confirmed yesterday that he and running mate Andrew P. Oakland ’09 would be withdrawing from this year’s race because they feel they cannot formulate a platform distinct from what fellow candidate Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, the UC’s current vice president, will likely advance...
...political. They're economic only in the mildest sense of the word. In fact, if I had to pick somebody, some celebrity who has had some impact this year, some sort of echo in the larger American life, I would say Hannah Montana. That whole issue of online ticket sales and scalping fascinates me. There are [legitimate] issues there about the Internet, so that actually does seem to have some cultural significance...
Presidential candidate Matthew L. Sundquist '09, who currently serves as the UC's vice president, and running mate Randall S. Sarafa '09, who is the chair of the Council's Finance Committee, represent the only ticket from within...
...while. Flat-screen TVs, Nintendo's Wii and PlayStation 3 were big last year, which means not as many will show up on Christmas lists this year - though lower priced games for the consoles will. We have no shearling boot craze or jean shortages. Instead, lower ticket items like the popular video game Guitar Hero III and Barbie Girls MP3 Players are big, and accessories such as handbags will do well. Dave Sievers from Archstone Consulting predicts a $7 billion increase in gift cards this season, reaching $35 billion, compared to the $28 billion spent on them last year. Likewise...
...Indeed, over the past decade home equity loans have helped finance a lot of big-ticket holiday purchases. And with that resource increasingly hard to tap, middle and lower-income shoppers probably will not spend as much on discretionary purchases. Forty-four percent of consumers polled in WSL Strategic Retail's How America Shops survey said they expect to spend less this holiday season. "This year customers won't trade up," says Cohen. "If I am a Target shopper I will stay there. Last year I was a Wal-mart shopper going to Bloomingdales because I felt good...